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# Workforce

Human Infrastructure Portal

## Delta Workforce Grant Program

The Delta Workforce Grant Program (DWP) is an initiative designed to build long-term community capacity and increase economic competitiveness by providing grants to support workforce training and education programs throughout the Mississippi River Delta and Alabama Black Belt regions.

DWP supports projects and initiatives that create a more vibrant economic future for the Delta region by expanding opportunities to recruit, train, and retain a diverse and local workforce, aligning workforce and economic development strategies, creating sustainable talent pipelines, establishing or enhancing locally/regionally significant sector-based partnerships, and supporting enhanced workforce productivity through investments in innovative programming or services.

2024 DWP Information

Labor Market and Workforce Report

## Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities

In partnership with the **U.S. Department of Labor** (DOL), **Employment and Training Administration** (ETA), and the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), approximately $34.2 million in grants were awarded in FY2022 under the Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities (WORC) initiative to support workforce training and education in rural communities across the Delta and Appalachian regions.

**Eligible Applicants include:**
                              - State and county governments
                              - City or township governments
                              - State or local workforce development boards
                              - Special district governments
                              - Regional organizations
                              - Independent school districts
                              - Public/state-controlled institutions of higher education
                              - Indian/Native American tribal governments (both Federally Recognized and non-Federally Recognized)
                              - Indian/Native American tribally designated organizations
                              - Public/Indian housing 
                              - Nonprofit organizations (with or without 501(c)(3) status)
                              - Private institutions of higher education
                              - Hispanic-serving institutions
                              - Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
                              - Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs)

The 2023 application cycle for WORC is now open.

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The DRA was established in 2000 as a formal framework for joint Federal-State collaboration to promote and encourage the economic development of the lower Mississippi River and Alabama Black Belt regions. To fulfill this purpose, DRA invests in projects supporting transportation infrastructure, basic public infrastructure, workforce training, and business development. DRA works to create jobs, build communities, and improve the lives of those that reside in the region. DRA’s region encompasses 252 counties and parishes in parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee.

DRA’s enabling legislation dictates that at least 75% of DRA’s funds must be invested in economically distressed counties and parishes and isolated areas within non-distressed counties and parishes. In addition, half of DRA’s funds must support transportation infrastructure and basic public infrastructure.

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